Remarks:<Eimeria beecheyi was described from
S. beecheyi by Henry (1932). Then
Tanabe & Okinami (1940) reported it from Tamias sibericus (Laxmann, 1769)
(which
they called Eutamias asiatica). Levine and Ivens (1965) thought that Tanabe
&
Okinami (1940) had seen a new species (E. asiatici) because E.
beecheyi was first
described from a ground squirrel not a chipmunk (Henry, 1932). However, neither the
written description nor the photomicrograph in Tanabe & Okinami (1940) is of
sufficient quality to justify a new name or confirm the original identification.
Thus, we suggest that what Tanabe & Okinami (1940) saw is a species
inquirenda.
Hill & Duszynski (1986) described E. cochisensis (16.7 x 15.3; range
15-18 x
14-17) in T. dorsalis. In re-evaluating their description and photomicrograph, we
believe E. cochisensis and E. beecheyi represent the same species
because of their
structural similarities.